Factfulness

It was very resourceful to read this book and to adjust our tendency to bias facts due to exposure in mass media as we are living in the age of technology, fast-spread messages and news, that everything comes in a snap and we absorb them without filtering the knowledge through our brain first.

In my opinion, Hans Rosling has done perfectly well in awing readers with his straight forward and engaging, simple but clear language to deliver us the main theme throughout the book–we shouldn't judge a book by its cover, yet also by the history of humankind. It highlights the point where we should learn to view things in an up-to-date manner, and rather not judged by the fact or so-called leaps in technology advancement we've made–especially for the western countries, that western still dominates the world in a “privileged” way, ahead of all its rivals. Indeed, it continues to emphasise on the misjudge in facts, mostly based on the old facts opinions that were embedded among us and harvested to other ones as we grow up. Our world view is outdated. And yet we shall learn to change our view on that.

It is an incredibly useful book in proving common misconceptions wrong, alongside the facts and the uses of data that helps to establish another new level of understanding in the current global situation. Worthy to read.